Merchandise display box



Jul zs, 1931. A, L, MAR 1,816,598

MERCHANDISE DISPLAY BOX Filed March 5. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 91190151.L. Mal-x13 1D laueatoar' I 9t toazaesa y 28, 1931- 'A. MARTIN 1,816,598

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Patented July 28, 1931 UNITED sure ALBERT I1; MARTIN, 'OFSHAK ERHEIG-H'IS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE VLGHEK TOO L'C OMF r PATENT sot-micsPARTY, OF" o-IJEvELANnyoHIo, A CORPORATION ororno MERCHANDISE DISPLAYBOX My invention relates to display boxes for articles of merchandisesuch as tools andthe like, and the-principal object ot-my invention 1 isto provide a new and improved device of In the drawings accompanyingthisspecification andforming apart of this application I have shown, forpurposeslof illustration, one form which my invention may assume and inthese drawings: v

Figure 1 is a perspective View of this illusv trative embodiment of myinvention showing the cover in closed' position,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary section showing the cover in contact with theboxas shown in Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the cover inopenposition, V

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section showing the cover in open position asshown in Fig- 1 ure 3,

Figure 5 is a side'elevation of Figure'Q showing the display holder'inplace, while Figure 6 is a top plan view withthecover removed, v 1

I show myinvention embodied in a display box 11 comprising a base13from' which rise" four side walls 14' suitably secured to the base 13and each having a scroll portion 18 substantially near the top, two ofthe opposing side walls 14 havingcut'away portions 20 along their topedges for 'aflord'ing access to the interior of the edge of a cover.Eachof the four side walls 14 are provided with two inwardlyprojectinglips 15 positionedsubstantially near the topedges of the 'fo'urj'w'a-Ils1 1 and immediately below the scroll portions 18 and formed by cuttingaway small arch' shaped portions of the side walls 14 and then bendingsuch portions inwardly. -The-portions of the side walls 14 immediatelyabove said cut away portions are forced inwardly forming smallprojections 19, while mounted in the bottom section 13 of the displaybox 11 are a plurality of upwardly projecting pegs 16 extending from theinner surface of the bottom section 13 upwardly substantially the heightof the lips 15 from the bottom section 13, the pegs 16 herein shownbeing nails driven through the bottom section 15 from the outsidethereof and arranged in tiers suit- 1929.' SerialNb 344; 251.

of the four w'alls 14 is provided with a skirt section 21 formedintegrally' therewith and has outwardly extending *flanges 22extendeompletely therea'round, the outer 'pellPll-EIlQS of theflangesQZbeing adapted torest upon the pr'o3ections 19in the side walls" 14whenthe cover 12 is insertedwith the skirt section -21 extending towardthe bot tom section 13 as'shown-"in Figure 1. The cover 12 is alsoadapted tobe' inserted-within the four-walls 14; with the skir'tsectionQ'l extending away from the bottom section 13 and when the cover12 is in* such position the outerperipheries of the-cover 12-rest uponthe lips 15 on the side walls 14 asshown-in Figure 3.

The innerside of the cover 12 is provided with lithographicrepresentations Qet of the varlous size wrenches contained in thedisplay box 11 and further is providedwith,

straps- 23 suitably'seeured thereonand adapted to securely grasp and"hold thereon an article of merchandiseherein shown' as a wrench 17.

A quickly attachable =anddetachable display holder- 25 of any suitabletype'provides pegs 16' being varied according to the d ifierent sizes ofwrenches tobe suported by the display'box 11. "In the usual practice thedisplay box 11 is filled with wrenches and the display holderis looselymounted on top of the wrenches immediately below the cover 12 and onewrench is usuallymoun-ted on the inner side of the cover 12bythestrap-23, Thecover-is' placed" wit-hin'thetop edgesbt' thefour sidewalls 14 with the outer peripheries ofthe flanges22-resting on andsupported by the small projections19; The display box 11 containing thewrenches thenis ready to be shipped for display anduse.

A merchant receiving a display box 11 carrying the wrenches 17 as aboveset forth first removes the cover 12 and holder 25 and then turns thecover over and inserts it within the top edges of the four side walls 14with the skirt section 21 extending upwardly, the cover 12 being heldand supported in this position by the lips 15 engaging and supportingthe outer peripheries of the cover 12. The display holder 25 then isbrought into position to support the display box 11. On ac count of thelithographic representations on the cover of the various sizes ofwrenches contained within the display box 11 it is neces- 5 sary to havebut one wrench on display.

of the type described. At the same time it also will be obvious to thoseskilled in the art that the embodiment of my invention herein shown anddescribed embodies advantages and uses other than those particularlypointed out or suggested herein, and also that this particularembodiment of my invention disclosed herein may be variously changed,modified, or used without departing from the spirit of my invention orsacrificing the advantages therein, wherefore it will be understood thatthe disclosure herein is illustrative only, and that my invention is notlimited thereto.

' I claim:

1. A display box, as for containing and exhibiting articles ofmerchandise such as tools and the like, comprising: a box for containinga supply of said articles and having connected bottom and side walls; .acover readily adaptable to be inserted and held within the side walls ofsaid box with either surface of said cover outwardly disposed andsubstantially parallel with reference to said bottom wall, to provide ashipping top for said box when said cover is positioned therein with oneside out and a display top when r it is positioned therein with itsother side of said cover outwardly disposed with reference to saidbottom wall, toprovide a shipping top for said box when said cover 1spositioned therein with one side out and a within the sides of said boxwith either sur-' face of said cover out, to provide a shipping top forsaid box when said cover is positioned therein with one side out and adisplay top when it is positioned therein with its other side out; meansfor supporting on said other side of said cover a sample of saidarticles contained in said box; and representations of the variousarticles contained in said box mounted on said other side of said cover.

at. A display box, as for containing and exhibiting articles ofmerchandise such as tools and the like, comprising: a box for containing a supply-of said articles, having side walls provided withinterior projections disposed inwardly of the edges of said side walls;a cover readily adaptable to be inserted within the sides of said boxand supported by said projections with either surface of said cover out,to provide a shipping top for said box when said cover is positionedtherein with one side out, and a display top when it is positionedtherein with its other side out; and means for supporting on said otherside of said cover a sample of said articles contained in said box.

5. A display box, as for containing and exhibiting articles ofmerchandise such as tools and the like, comprising: a box for containinga supply of said articles, having side walls provided with interiorprojections disposed vat different levels; a cover readily adaptable tobeinserted within the sides of said box with either surface of saidcover out, and supported by said projections at one level to provide ashipping top for said box when said cover is positioned therein with oneside out and supported by said projections at a different level toprovide a display top when it is positioned therein with its other sideout; and means for supporting on said other side of said cover a sampleof said articles contained in said box.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ALBERT L. MARTIN.

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